(19)
(11) EP 1 455 168 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
06.07.2005 Bulletin 2005/27

(43) Date of publication A2:
08.09.2004 Bulletin 2004/37

(21) Application number: 04251255.8

(22) Date of filing: 04.03.2004
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G01G 11/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 05.03.2003 JP 2003058085

(71) Applicant: Ishida Co., Ltd.
Kyoto 606-8392 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Nishiue, Kaname, c/o Ishida Co. Ltd
    Ritto-shi, Shiga 520-3026 (JP)
  • Okamoto, Tsutomu, c/o Ishida Co. Ltd
    Ritto-shi, Shiga 520-3026 (JP)

(74) Representative: Skone James, Robert Edmund 
GILL JENNINGS & EVERY, Broadgate House, 7 Eldon Street
London EC2M 7LH
London EC2M 7LH (GB)

   


(54) Measuring apparatus


(57) A measuring apparatus includes a measuring conveyor (1) measuring a weight of an article during transportation, a feed conveyor (2), a discharge conveyor (3), and a central conveyor extending in a transporting direction through the measuring conveyor. In a first transfer area where the article is transferred from the feed conveyor (2) to the measuring conveyor (1) and in a second transfer area where the article is transferred from the measuring conveyor (1) to the discharge conveyor (3), level portions of a transporting surface of the central conveyor are located at the same level as that of the measuring conveyor. In a measuring area where the measuring conveyor is located, the lower portion of the transporting surface of the central conveyor is shifted downward from that of the measuring conveyor. The measuring apparatus can stably transport the article, suppress vibrations during transfer to and from a measuring conveyor, and improve the measuring accuracy.






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